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No. 471,448. Patentad M61222, 1892.

. WJIJVESSE'S R 22022 UNITED STATES PATENT OrFrcE.

FRANK K. WARD, OF VASIIINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

MILK OR FRUIT PRESERVING JAR AND SEALED STOPPER THEREFOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 471,448, dated March 22, 1892.

Application filed November 24, 1891. Serial No. 413,016. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK K. WARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at \Vashingtou, in the District of Columbia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Milk and Fruit Preserving Jars and Sealed Stoppers Therefor, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to jars for preserving milk and the like; and it consists in the construction and novel disposition of parts, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a diametrical vertical sectional view of my improved milk-jar. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the upper portion of a milk-jar, showing a modification of the construction illustrated in Fig. 1, wherein the circumferential groove 6 shown in Fig. 1 is omitted and the oppositely and downwardly inclined bevelsf f meet instead of being separated by a groove in the upper edge or top of the rim of the j arbody. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the top portion of a milk-jar in which the top of the mouth of the j ar-body, or what is termed the rim of the jar-body, is bounded by an outwardly and downwardly inclined face in which there is no circumferential groove. Fig. 4 represents an improved jar provided with the stopper, the securing-wire, the seal, and the bail for conveniently handling the jar.

Referring by letters to the accompanying drawings, A designates the body of the jar, which is formed of glass or other vitreous material and of any suitable shape or size, with the exception of its neck and mouth, for the purposes for which it is designed. The body portion of the jar is slightly contracted above its middle portion to form a neck B,which neck terminates upwardly in a flaring mouth 0, provided with a thick edge, which is also provided with a shallow concave circumferential groove e, the edges or sides of which are bounded or surrounded by oppositely and downwardly inclined bevels f f, which have their bearingsurfaces ground to produce a fitting-surface for an opposing contacting surface, to be hereinafter described. The mouth 0 from its inner edge is gradually contracteddownwardly into the body of the jar, thereby forming a deep neck B, the exterior surface of which is provided with abead orcollar E, and

in addition thereto with a projecting lug F on opposite sides of said neck. The arconstructed as above described is fitted w1th a stopper G, of glass or other vitreous or sultable material, and this stopper is made 1n the form of an inverted cup, the sides of which are tapered, so that the outside will pass readily and easily into the neck of the ar, but will touch the same only near its extreme outer edge. From this portion of the stopper extends a large circumferential flange H, which when the stopper is placed in the neck of the jar overlaps its edge. The under side of the flange H is provided with a small c rcular bead or rib D, that fits snugly w1th1n the groove around the edge of the jar-mouth. From the outward flange H the stopper 1s dome shape, and through its central vert cal point is a vent h, across which is a depress on or groove 2'. Around each lug F, pro ecting from the sides of the jar, is looped a wire K, which extends over the stopper and serves as a clasp. The middle portionof this wire K 1s bent downward to catch into the groove or dent i in the top of the dome-shaped stopper, over which is placed a seal a, which may be of wax or any other material of a refractory nature which will exhibit the result of tampering with the same, and which is designed to firmly hold and secure the same in place. To give or impart to the wire clasp the requisite degree of elasticity to cause it to pinch and draw downward with considerable force on the stopper, the wire is formed with two or more widely-separated spirals, coils, or convolutions S, into each of which is hinged a wire or bail T, by which to carry the jar.

I do not herein broadly claim the construction of the clamping-bail with a lifting-bail, nor the horizontal ground joint, nor the arrangement of the seal of frangible material, as such features constitute the subject-matter of my application for LettersPatent filed March 2, 1892, Serial No. 423,497.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The combination, withajar-bodyhaving a mouth provided with an annular groove located within the edge of its rim, said groove being provided with converging faces for receiving or contacting with a rib or bead on the stopper of the jar, and oppositely-down wardly, and outwardly inclined ground faces or bevels ff for coming in contact with the under face of the stopperof thejar, of a stopper G, having a flange H, provided on its under face with an annular rib e, bounded by oppositely-projectin g and downwardly-inclined ground contacting surfaces for engagement with the ground faces of the rim of the jar, whereby an air-tightconnection is formed between the contacting parts of the jar-body and its stopper, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with a jar-body having a mouth the rim of which in its upper edge or top is provided with an annular or median groove or depression and having also oppositely-inclined surfaces leading or extending therefrom, of a stopper provided with a flanged contacting-sitrface-fitting rim, the opposing incline surface of therim, as set forth.

The combination, with the body of a milk or fruit jar provided with a mouth having an annular depression or groove in the upper edge of its rim, of a cap orstopperhaving a flange contacting surface fitting the groove in the rim of the mouth, a securingbail connected to the neck of the jar by projecting ears or lugs and loops and provided with coils intermediately of its ends to give it resiliency, a bail connected with said coils, and a seal in engagement with the bail and the outer surface of the stopper, substantially as specified.

a. The combination, with the body of a milk-jar or the like vessel having projecting lugs for engaging the loops of the bindingwire of the jar, of a resilient bail looped to the lugs of the jar and provided intermediately of its ends with coils which engage and hold a lifting-bail, a stopper having a centrally-disposed grooved seat in the upper face of the same, which engages and holds the bail when the stopper is iu-place in the mouth of the jar, and a seal of refractory material in contact with the binding-wire to prevent tampering with the eontents of the jar, as set forth.

FRANK K. WARD.

Witnesses:

JOSIAH W. ELLs, W. G. WALTER. 

